Anterior
adjective
Towards the front or at the front.
His car was hit on the anterior side.
Often appears as...
- anterior side
- anterior surface
adjective
Earlier or coming before in time.
The anterior generations had different struggles than we do today.
Often appears as...
- anterior generations
- anterior period
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Formal
Academic
adjective
Located near the head in animals. Towards the front in humans or animals.
In the human body, the heart is located at the anterior part of the chest.
Often appears as...
- anterior part
- anterior face
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Towards the front or at the front.
His car was hit on the anterior side.
Often appears as...
- anterior side
- anterior surface
adjective
Earlier or coming before in time.
The anterior generations had different struggles than we do today.
Often appears as...
- anterior generations
- anterior period
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
Located near the head in animals. Towards the front in humans or animals.
In the human body, the heart is located at the anterior part of the chest.
Often appears as...
- anterior part
- anterior face
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Orientation
Use 'anterior' to describe something at the front, especially in physical space or location.
The anterior compartment of the plane is reserved for first-class passengers.
Pro Tip 2/2Directional Movement
'Anterior' can imply movement towards the front or frontward direction in various settings.
When dancing, your anterior steps should be confident and clear.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Orientation
Use 'anterior' to describe something at the front, especially in physical space or location.
The anterior compartment of the plane is reserved for first-class passengers.
Pro Tip 2/2Directional Movement
'Anterior' can imply movement towards the front or frontward direction in various settings.
When dancing, your anterior steps should be confident and clear.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Orientation
Use 'anterior' to describe something at the front, especially in physical space or location.
The anterior compartment of the plane is reserved for first-class passengers.
Pro Tip 2/2Directional Movement
'Anterior' can imply movement towards the front or frontward direction in various settings.
When dancing, your anterior steps should be confident and clear.
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Question the Herd PIPE...
you ever ignored the truth to fit in with a group just think what if those weren't lines but evidence in a murder case would you be able to see past the group consensus and just go with your gut studies show that when someone holds a different opinion than the rest of the group the anterior cingulate cortex also
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Jeff Hawkins: How brain...
That's what it's doing. This is true for all mammals -- in humans, it got a lot worse. Humans actually developed the front of the neocortex, called the anterior part of the neocortex. And nature did a little trick. It copied the posterior, the back part, which is sensory, and put it in the front.
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The benefits of a good...
which serve as relay stations of memory formation. And the different stages of sleep have been shown to help consolidate different types of memories. During the non-REM slow-wave sleep, declarative memory is encoded into a temporary store in the anterior part of the hippocampus.
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Your brain on video...
that control attention. So one part is the parietal cortex which is very well known to control the orientation of attention. The other one is the frontal lobe, which controls how we sustain attention, and another one is the anterior cingulate, which controls how we allocate
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Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...
curve but you don't see a curve like this and we don't imagine it arising like this from the back and the other thing is at the head well the first time a good Diplodocus skull and an anterior part of the neck was found the scholar here in Washington said in nineteen in the
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How in vitro fertilizatio...
this hormone not only helps coordinate growth and preparation of the uterus, it also communicates to the brain how well the follicle is developing. When the estrogen level is high enough, the anterior pituitary releases a surge of luteinizing hormone, LH,
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The pattern behind...
It's a horse head, that's right. It looks like a horse. It must be a horse. That's a pattern. And is it really a horse? Or is it more like a frog? See, our pattern detection device, which appears to be located in the anterior cingulate cortex --
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What hallucination...
they may lose the ability to recognize faces. But if there's an abnormal activity in the fusiform gyrus, they may hallucinate faces, and this is exactly what you find in some of these people. There is an area in the anterior part of this gyrus
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Can we choose to fall...
That's me. And that's my brain in love. There was activity in that little orange dot, the ventral tegmental area, that kind of loop of red is the anterior cingulate and that golden set of horns is the caudates.
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Diagnosing a zombie:...
Hmm. You know, it sounds kind of like expressive aphasia, or Broca's aphasia, which makes producing words difficult. This is caused by damage to the inferior frontal gyrus, or possibly the anterior insula,
Video examples
Question the Herd PIPE...
you ever ignored the truth to fit in with a group just think what if those weren't lines but evidence in a murder case would you be able to see past the group consensus and just go with your gut studies show that when someone holds a different opinion than the rest of the group the anterior cingulate cortex also
Video examples
Jeff Hawkins: How brain...
That's what it's doing. This is true for all mammals -- in humans, it got a lot worse. Humans actually developed the front of the neocortex, called the anterior part of the neocortex. And nature did a little trick. It copied the posterior, the back part, which is sensory, and put it in the front.
Video examples
The benefits of a good...
which serve as relay stations of memory formation. And the different stages of sleep have been shown to help consolidate different types of memories. During the non-REM slow-wave sleep, declarative memory is encoded into a temporary store in the anterior part of the hippocampus.
Video examples
Your brain on video...
that control attention. So one part is the parietal cortex which is very well known to control the orientation of attention. The other one is the frontal lobe, which controls how we sustain attention, and another one is the anterior cingulate, which controls how we allocate
Video examples
Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...
curve but you don't see a curve like this and we don't imagine it arising like this from the back and the other thing is at the head well the first time a good Diplodocus skull and an anterior part of the neck was found the scholar here in Washington said in nineteen in the
Video examples
How in vitro fertilizatio...
this hormone not only helps coordinate growth and preparation of the uterus, it also communicates to the brain how well the follicle is developing. When the estrogen level is high enough, the anterior pituitary releases a surge of luteinizing hormone, LH,
Video examples
The pattern behind...
It's a horse head, that's right. It looks like a horse. It must be a horse. That's a pattern. And is it really a horse? Or is it more like a frog? See, our pattern detection device, which appears to be located in the anterior cingulate cortex --
Video examples
What hallucination...
they may lose the ability to recognize faces. But if there's an abnormal activity in the fusiform gyrus, they may hallucinate faces, and this is exactly what you find in some of these people. There is an area in the anterior part of this gyrus
Video examples
Can we choose to fall...
That's me. And that's my brain in love. There was activity in that little orange dot, the ventral tegmental area, that kind of loop of red is the anterior cingulate and that golden set of horns is the caudates.
Video examples
Diagnosing a zombie:...
Hmm. You know, it sounds kind of like expressive aphasia, or Broca's aphasia, which makes producing words difficult. This is caused by damage to the inferior frontal gyrus, or possibly the anterior insula,
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Bob Stoops
American Coach
I was an undersized, undertalented defensive back. I knocked myself out multiple times running into people. I ended my career without an anterior cruciate ligament. I still don't have one. At a certain point, you realize: I've used up all I've got.
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Graeme Souness
Scottish Athlete
It's the one that the players fear. The No 1 is the ACL - the anterior cruciate ligament - closely followed by a real tear of the hamstring, because you know that's the one injury that kids you.
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Howard Carter
English Scientist
With such evidence, as well as the sealed doorway between the two guardian statues of the King, the mystery gradually dawned upon us. We were but in the anterior portion of a tomb.
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Heather Mills
British Activist
I was hospitalized five times in 2011 because of my skiing. Fracturing my left shoulder twice, snapping my anterior cruciate ligament once and smashing my scapula into five pieces.
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Darcey Bussell
English Dancer
Over the years, I've had two ankle operations, torn my hamstring, had my hip resurfaced, and snapped the anterior cruciate ligament in my knee.
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Emily Dickinson
American Poet
Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.
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Bob Stoops
American Coach
I was an undersized, undertalented defensive back. I knocked myself out multiple times running into people. I ended my career without an anterior cruciate ligament. I still don't have one. At a certain point, you realize: I've used up all I've got.
Quote examples
Graeme Souness
Scottish Athlete
It's the one that the players fear. The No 1 is the ACL - the anterior cruciate ligament - closely followed by a real tear of the hamstring, because you know that's the one injury that kids you.
Quote examples
Howard Carter
English Scientist
With such evidence, as well as the sealed doorway between the two guardian statues of the King, the mystery gradually dawned upon us. We were but in the anterior portion of a tomb.
Quote examples
Heather Mills
British Activist
I was hospitalized five times in 2011 because of my skiing. Fracturing my left shoulder twice, snapping my anterior cruciate ligament once and smashing my scapula into five pieces.
Quote examples
Darcey Bussell
English Dancer
Over the years, I've had two ankle operations, torn my hamstring, had my hip resurfaced, and snapped the anterior cruciate ligament in my knee.
Quote examples
Emily Dickinson
American Poet
Love is anterior to life, posterior to death, initial of creation, and the exponent of breath.
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